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Bernard Selz

Director · Friends of the Musees Des Arts Decoratifs INC

Director at Friends of the Musees Des Arts Decoratifs INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Roles reported
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Others who share this name
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Reported as Director of Friends of the Musees Des Arts Decoratifs INC, based in New York, NY.
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Also listed as Trustee of World Monuments Fund INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Bernard Selz is a prominent fund manager and philanthropist with a significant career in finance and extensive involvement in arts and education. Born in Paris, he graduated from Columbia University and co-founded Furman Selz, Inc., later establishing Selz Capital LLC.

He has demonstrated a deep commitment to cultural institutions through various board memberships and endowments, including at The Brooklyn Museum and Columbia University. However, his philanthropic activities also extend to funding anti-vaccination organizations, a fact that has drawn public attention.

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Tenure here
March 2019
Earlier career
  • {'role': 'Managing Partner', 'organization': 'Selz Capital LLC', 'years': '2004-Present'}
  • {'role': 'Co-founder and Chair', 'organization': 'Furman Selz, Inc.', 'years': '1973-2004'}
  • {'role': 'Senior Managing Director', 'organization': 'ING Furman Selz', 'years': '1997-2004'}
  • {'role': 'Assistant Director of Research, Securities Analyst', 'organization': 'Lazard Freres', 'years': '1960-1967'}
  • {'role': 'Partner', 'organization': 'Seiden & de Cuevas', 'years': '11967-1973'}
Education
  • 'years': '1960'} · {'degree': 'B.A.', 'institution': 'Columbia University'1960

Standing

Recognition & press

Endowment of the Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator of Asian Art at The Brooklyn MuseumEndowment of two professorships (medieval art history and pre-Columbian art) at Columbia UniversityBoard of Overseers, Columbia Business SchoolTrustee Emeritus, Dartmouth College (2003-2012)Director, Friends of the Musée des Arts DécoratifsDirector, American Friends of Les Arts FlorissantsTrustee, American Friends of the Victoria and Albert MuseumTrustee, World Monuments FundTrustee, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (2011-2017)Served on boards at The Brooklyn Museum and the Center for Jewish HistoryMember, Director's Council, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (NYU)Member, Director's Circle, The Frick Collection (with wife, Lisa)

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Affiliations

Organizations

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World Monuments Fund INC Trustee · $36.0M revenue · New York, NYSEE SCHEDULE OFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
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Friends of the Musees Des Arts Decoratifs INC Director · $1.1M revenue · New York, NYTHE FRIENDS MISSION IS TO FOSTER THE APPRECIATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE DECORATIVE ARTS. IN CARRYING OUT ITS MISSION, THE FRIENDS SUPPORTS THE…Filed FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Bernard Selz

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Bernard Selz 1 organization · New York, NYAmerican Friends of Les Arts Florissants INC
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Bernard Selz 1 organization · New York, NYVictoria and Albert Museum Americas Foundation
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Bernard Selz 1 organization · New York, NYThe Frick Collection

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org